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Elevated carbon dioxide concentrations indirectly affect plant fitness by altering plant tolerance to herbivory.
Oecologia - 1 Aug 2009
Lau Jennifer A, Tiffin Peter
Abstract excerpt
Global environmental changes, such as rising atmospheric CO(2) concentrations, have a wide range of direct effects on plant physiology, growth, and fecundity. These environmental changes also can affect plants indirectly by altering interactions with other species. Therefore, the effects of global changes on a particular species may depend on the presence and abundance of other community members. We...
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